Computer in Use. Маркушевская Л.П - 73 стр.

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Adjectives
typical, curious, previous, adequate, renowned, virtual
Exercise 2. Read and translate the collocations.
Forefront of innovations, to answer assignments, vision of lifelong learning, benefit
from other student’s efforts, renowned universities, previous methods, distant
institutions, pursuit of knowledge, company-sponsored classrooms, decline of
literacy.
Exercise 3. Match the synonyms.
Verbs
1 2
1. pursue
2. treat
3. involve
4. explore
5. assist
6. apply
a) consider
b) concern
c) study
d) help
e) use
f) expect
g) provide
h) discover
Nouns
1 2
1. assignment
2. education
3. power
4. individual
5. innovation
6. fee
a) growth
b) learning
c) forefront
d) human
e) task
f) price
g) institution
h) energy
i) learning
Reading and extracting information
VIRTUAL LEARNING
Given that universities are at the forefront of technological innovations, it is to
be expected that new forms of delivering instruction, at the post-secondary level are
emerging. Numerous universities have turned to the World Wide Web as a way to
provide instruction to supplement the typical lecture system. In fact, entire courses
have been placed on the Web, permitting students access to lecture material at any
time and from any place. Students have been encouraged to treat the course Web site
as a living document by adding their own links to material discovered in the process